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Date:      Tue, 5 Mar 1996 11:00:49 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Jeff.Lynch-JORSM.Internet" <jeff@mercury.jorsm.com>
To:        sreid@edmbbs.iceonline.com
Cc:        isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: named/sendmail problem: "MX points back..."
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.91.960305105817.7332D-100000@mercury.jorsm.com>
In-Reply-To: <9603050502.D8391Tc@edmbbs.iceonline.com>

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On Tue, 5 Mar 1996 sreid@edmbbs.iceonline.com wrote:

> The problem is, when I try to send mail to user@edmnet.com, sendmail
> complains that "MX record for edmnet.com. points back to kirk.edmnet.com"
> and the mail bounces.
> 
> I don't know if this is a problem with DNS or sendmail. I can't see
> anything wrong with the named.hosts file, and the sendmail.cf file is
> the default that comes with FreeBSD. RFC-1912 mentions a "Cw" flag for
> sendmail, but I can't find enough documentation on this option to
> determine exactly what it does, and if/how it can fix the problem.

In sendmail.cf put,

Cw edmnet.com kirk.edmnet.com

and kill -HUP the sendmail process id.

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